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UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950, by the United Nations General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country.

In more than five decades, the agency has helped an estimated 50 million people restart their lives. UNHCR now has more than 16,803 personnel and work in a total of 134 countries to help 70.8 million persons.

 Website: www.unhcr.org
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UNHCR: 6 steps towards solving the refugee situation in Europe

4 March 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Refugee protection and international migration in West Africa. Statement by the Assistant High Commissioner for Protection at the Regional Conference on Refugee Protection and International Migration in West Africa (Dakar, 13-14 November 2008)

13 November 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

"The Work of the Refugee Protection Division in the International Context", Statement by Erika Feller, Assistant High Commissioner - Protection, UNHCR, at the Immigration and Refugee Board, Refugee Protection Division National Training Seminar (Toronto, Canada, January 28-30, 2008)

28 January 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Statement by Erika Feller, Assistant High Commissioner - Protection, at the 39th Meeting of the Standing Committee

25 June 2007 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Presentación del ACNUR en el Programa interamericano para la promoción y protección de los derechos humanos de los migrantes - Flujos migratorios mixtos y protección internacional de refugiados

13 February 2007 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Presentación del ACNUR ante el Grupo regional de consulta Conferencia regional de migración (San Salvador, 28 noviembre 2006) - La protección internacional de refugiados dentro de los flujos migratorios mixtos

28 November 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Convention Plus Groupe pilote sur les mouvements secondaires irréguliers de réfugiés et de demandeurs d'asile : Déclaration conjointe des co-présidents

8 November 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Convention Plus Core Group on Addressing Irregular Secondary Movements of Refugees and Asylum-Seekers: Joint Statement by the Co-Chairs

8 November 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Presentación del ACNUR - Reunión del grupo de consulta sobre migración (GRCM) de la conferencia regional sobre migración (CRM), Vancouver, Canadá (8-9 de marzo de 2005)

March 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

X Conferencia regional sobre migración (CRM), Vancouver, Canadá, 10-11 de marzo de 2005

March 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

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